Method of making garment-stays.



M. M. BEEMAN.

METHOD OF MAKING GARMENT STAYS.

APPLIGATION FILED NOV. 30, 1908.

Patented Sept. 5, 1911.

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1 ivtn'riion or MAKING GARMENT-STAYS. 1 1

To all whom it may c0ncem; t Be it known that I',fl\lAncL"s M; BEEMAN.

. Thisinvention relates to a method of forming wire. stays for garments and the The object of the invention is'to provide a method of'forming said stays whereby a sufficiently rigid staycan be formed from comparatively light wire and particularly a stay whichhas greater resistance to bending in one direction than in the opposite and one which will not take a permanent set. The invention comprises the method of described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1' a plan view showing the bending of the wire; Fig. 2 is a side view of a portion of the stay and the wire guide; Fig. 3 is a detail view of the end of one of the bending fingers; Fig. 4 is an enlarged plan view of a portion of the stay; and Fig. 5 is a cross section of the same.

In carrying out the method a wire 1 of. suitable size is taken and is bent at intervals alternately in opposite directions, in a manner to form the stay and simultaneously twist the wire somewhat and place the same under initial torsional strain. The bending may be performed in any suitable way and is shown as carried out by mechanical means.

As shown, the wire is taken by'afinger 2 and bent around a pin 3 to form a loop or eye 4: and iscarried by'said finger across the stay, as at 5, and carried over another pin 6 which then rises, and the wire is caught by the opposite finger 7 and bent around said pin 6 to form a loop or eye 8 on the opposite side of the stay, and is then again carried across the stay, as at 9, and depressed and carried underneath the previously formed loop 4t, as at- 10. The bending as shown is performed by the bending fingers 2 and 7 having on their endssloping or inclined lips 12 which serve to press the Wire downwardly while bending the same around one of the pins and carrying the same across the stay. The uniformed portion of the wire is held by the guide 13 inclined downwardly from the Specification of Letters Patent. Application fil'ed nove berao, 190s.

Patented Sept. 5,11911. Serial No. 465,116. 3

plane of the formed portion of the stay, as shown at 14:, Fig. 2, and consequently the portion of the stay forming the loops or eyes is formed on a spiral running upwardly, relatively speaking, while the transverse connecting portions are on a spiral running. downwardly, due to the 'actionflo'f the inclined lips 12 0f the bending fingers which force the wire underneath a previously formed loop or eye. The consequence is that the wire is twisted at the loops, as indicated by the spiral shade lines 15, Figs. 1 and 4,

strain. The loops of the fabricated portion of the wire are inclined or, tilted from the plane of the stay,-as shown Fig. 2,while the opposite angle oninclination from the plane of the stay. Consequently when the wire. is carried across from side to-side and the eyeis tilted to bring it to' the inclined position, a certain amount oft wistis necessarily given to the wire. This-"places the wire under an initial torsional strain. This manner of forming the stays, that is, by holding the unformed portion of the wire at an incline to the formed portion of the stay, and carrying the wire across the stay and depressing the edges of the loops or eyes the finished stay is somewhat concave-on its lower side, as shown at 16, Fig. 5. This format-ion of the stay gives the same greater stifiness or resistance against bending in a side of the stay, this being due in part to the concavity of the stay, in part to the torsional strain in the wire, and in part to the over-' lapping of the loops so that each loop is supported on one side on an adjacentone.

Inasmuch as garment stays must resist almost exclusively forces tending to 3 bend them outwardly, this form ofstay is admirablyadapted for its purpose and can be formed of comparatively light wire and still answer its purpose. At the same time the stay is very yielding inthe opposite direction, so that when the garment is taken ofi' it is much more pliable than is usually the case with other forms of stays. Furthermore, the initial torsional strain in the preyenting the stay from taking a perma-' and is thereby put under an initial torsional.

simultaneously bending it down, results in below the normal plane of the stay, so that direction away from the hollow or concave the unformed portionofthe wire stands atwire and the concavity of thevstay assist in r nent bend or set when bent outwardly, that is, in the direction opposite from the concave face.

While the invention has been illustrated "for forming av stay composed of only a single wire and having pear-shaped eyes or loops, this is not essential, and it will be understood that the invention is not limited to this particular form, but can be applied to the formation of wire stays of any character in which the wire is bent at intervals and alternately in opposite directions to form edgeforming loops or. eyes and intermediate transverse connecting portions or crossings.

What I claim is 1. The method of forming garment stays consisting in bending wire at intervals and alternately inopposite directions to form curved edge-forming loops. or eyes and transverse connecting portions, and while so bending the edge forming loops or eyes imparting a twist to the wire and thereby tions, and simultaneously placing the same under initial torsional strain.

2. The method of forming garment stays consisting in bending wire at intervals and carrying the same across the stay alternately in opposite directions to form curved edge loops or eyes and transverse connecting portherewith deflecting the part of the wire being carried across to deflect the loops or eyes from the normal pushing the plane of the stay and thereby twisting the wire and putting the same under initial torsional strain.

3. The method of forming garmentstays consisting in bending wire at intervals and carrying the same across the stay alternately in opposite directions to form edgeforming loops -or eyes and transverse connectin ortions, holding the unformed portion 0 t e wire at an angle to the plane of the formed portion of the stay, and while carrying the wire across the stay deflecting.

the same in a direction opposite that at which the unformed wire lies, thereby twisting the wire and placing the same under torsional strain.

i. The method of forming garment stays consisting in bending wire at intervals and carrying the same across the sta nately in opposite directions to edge-forming loops or eyes and transverse connecting portions, deflecting thewire and same under a loop or eye previous'ly formed, whereby the eyes are deflected from the normal plane of the stay and the "wire placed under initial torsional strain. 7

In testimony whereof, I have hereuntoset J. H. PARDEE, A. L. WnN'rz.

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